Vietnamese Cajun is the Unsung Food Hero of New Orleans | Supported by Marriott Bonvoy
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- Опубліковано 12 сер 2019
- Though Vietnamese and Cajun cuisines share a lot of common ground, it wasn’t until a community of immigrants and refugees came to New Orleans in the 1970s that the flavors fused. Over time, their descendants have begun to experiment and introduce new ideas, from Cajun crawfish to brisket bánh mì (and even a phở-rrito). We explore the best spots in the city to shop and eat like a true local.
Supported by Marriott Bonvoy.
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Way to go Peter. Proud of you dude.
Hah! I came here just to see if someone mentions BEFRS; big fan of Sonny & the entire team that pushes out such high quality content!! Keep it up!!
If I had a cousin like that, I’d marry her too.
Edit: Relax people. It’s a joke. I would never be unfaithful to my sister.
Kamion King 😂
Kamion King 😆 i think
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So bad xD
Vietnamese people are kind, humble and warm hearted. Integral and important to the tapestry of America.
@Adrian Wilson They are you fuckwit.
Adrian Wilson you should go back to Europe
We are warm hearted until you see how we eat. We are straight savages. Lol
@@undeadaeon9992 that is true assimilation to American culture
With so much hate in today's world, food is one of the few things holding us all together
Hate is the hottest commodity for the medias to run their business.
Not unless you run into a Vegan
The fact that we are all people should be enough to hold us together. Sad that we need "good food" to prove people even deserve to be seen as valuable human beings
Well said!
Khanh Nghiem Shoulda coulda woulda
Omg so happy you all explored Vietnamese culture in New Orleans. Their finally getting the recognition they deserve.
this is good vice. showing Real U.S immigrant communities. workin hard to bring joy to people.
This is what life is about. This is people at their finest. This is a perfect example of people making things work through the good and the bad times. This is America. On behalf of America thank you to all immigrants everywhere for coming here. And making America MORE American. This is beautiful this is what lifes about no other words to explain it.
Nothing but LOVE to ALL! ❤️
The Vietnamese is heavy in New Orleans and a lot of people don't know that if you aren't from there. I was born in New Orleans and spent my early childhood down there before me and my family moved in 2002. I lived on the Wet Bank of the city and my best friend for a long time was Vietnamese. He and his family accepted me and my family like their own for a long time. His family were entrepreneur's and they had several business' that they owned in the city. I remember since I moved that more people from his family had purchased houses in my old neighborhood where I use to live. I haven't been back there in a while and this doc about the Vietnamese influence is not surprising to me.
@dkd da They kinda already are brother lol. Hardworking group of folks though.
Would love to explore it in NOLA. Houston has a crazy strong Vietnamese Cajun scene as well, with one of the largest Vietnamese populations in US. There's really nothing like Viet Cajun
I can confirm this
True. And the rest of the Gulf Coast while at it. I’ve had good Viet Cajun food in Biloxi, Mobile and Pensacola.
The south has a strong Vietnamese population like Houston, New Orleans and Atlanta.
I live in San Diego and all we have is boiling crab :(
@@Tloc103 haha im from SD and i can relate
This is just so interesting and satisfying to watch. I basically see an immigrant group doing practically all the "right" things for themselves; maintaining community, mutual aid, adapting to the dominant culture, learning the language while keeping theirs, focus on entrepreneurship, etc.
It's nice to see the American Dream still work. And it DOES still work, less about race than it is "community". Do you belong to a strong community? Will people help you if you're outta work? Will your neighbors patronize & respect your business if you start one? Nothing is perfect, but it is awesome to watch it work.
South Vietnamese relentless kinda of people, hardworking, dedication, and best of all unforgiving.
i don't want to say, but some of theme betray the country, and now they want to make a war again
What about north vietnamese? don't neglect them just because they won the war.
Hoàng Nguyễn Minh You must support the communists. Fake communist.
@@HoangDuck666 no commie
Vietnamese Cajun...I like the sound of that. New Orleans has good food
Sw Louisiana has the best food in the state. Facts. The east puts tomatoes in their gumbo...lol that's past bon!
Everyone from Louisiana knows we have the best food
@@Coonass yall dip yall crawfish in ketchup cuz.. Hell no!
VIETNAMESE CUBAN?? Yooo
@Right Cha thank you. Big difference. They got lots of good foods east of the River...but it ain't the same.
A Viet w/ a Cajun accent. Priceless❣️
"Who doesn't love butter with seafood" - FACTS
2:16 . That's My great AUNTie . Her family been fishing those waters for dang near 40 years .
This is actually very interesting
Vietnamese food here in Australia is big too. There's a big craze over Banh Mi.
Cheap good sandwiches
@@alexcarter8807 Only way they're supposed to be :) Sandwiches are street food no one should be paying $20+ for a sandwich or even burger IMO
I LOVE the Crawfish from BIG EZ Seafood, it's a positive twist on the traditional Louisiana style Crawfish; When they're in season, I stop by at least once a week. They're located on the Westbank on Lafayette Street in Gretna. Cheers!
I live in Texas but from NOLA raised in Biloxi I'm headed to Nola this weekend I can't wait I'm going to go try this place
I'm from Louisiana and I've been to nola and mhm. We have some of THE best cultural food ever. I swear.
void bts we have the BEST FOOD ever period.
Weeb
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@@aisacirema7841 headass.
Ok
Watching this makes me so proud of my culture and its cuisine.
A glorious match of food traditions. I have been cooking cajun for nearly 20 years and would LOVE for the chance to properly learn Vietnamese fusion. Next time I visit, friends!
Vietnamese and Cajun sorta makes sense because of the mutual commonality on french influence. I lived on this stuff when we lived in Houston and I miss it dearly
Awesome. Great stuff man. I'm always happy to see the food scene grow.
Food is just one of those things where too much is never enough.
Vietnamese flavor is amazing. Perfect for crawfish
Those crawfish look so freaking good! I love me some Vietnamese food. One of the few cuisines where you can a lot of it without feeling bloated afterwards.
Viet Orleans bistro is one of my favorite N.O. places to eat. The New Orleans roll is phenomenal
Good video. It is amazing to watch how different cultures influence each other.
Mr. Crabhouse on the West Bank is a low key great spot owned and operated by Thien Nguyen. I highly reccomend Big EZ Seafood 🌶.
My sister in law is Vietnam and her and her family are from New Iberia. They really do mix their culinary culture and our Cajun culinary culture very very well.
Little Saigon in orange county, ca has a lot of vietnamese owned cajun restaurants.
My first time in NOLA was in 2020. Never knew about the Vietnamese influence until a native Creole co-worker took me to his favorite, albeit, questionably passable food health inspection-and-reportable, "Cajun" mini-mart/restaurant.
Having been a smidgen familiar with Creole/Cajun foods, I was blown away with how the Vietnamese spices influenced and enhanced their take on the cuisines!
Definitely enjoying this cuisine on my next visit! Somebody ought to have a tour of these restaurants.
I'm a Coonass (slang term for a Cajun) and in a standard sized crawfish pot I get it up to a rolling boil drop in about 1 lb. of butter flavored Crisco, 8 oz. of Zatarain's liquid concentrated shrimp & crab boil seasoning, about 1/2 cup of a seasoning salt I blend (I got the recipe from my dad....he was friends with Tony Chachere from back in the day when my dad was always at oil & gas company cookouts in the 1960s & 1970s and Tony would have people at his hunting/fishing camp on in the Atchafalaya Basin near Opelousas....Tony would always say, "I'm gonna make y'all cry, this is so good"....well, after my dad had gotten his own blend down at a cookout he was doing for his company, Tony came up to him and said, "You made me cry with your blend tonight". He told my dad that he should market it. This was reiterated by countless people over the years. However, it was just always something we had to use, and it was just a hobby for dad. The most we did was give bottles to people for gifts and such, but my dad was a finance/accounting exec in the energy field (oil & gas), and he's a workaholic (he still goes to work at 0500 and according to my mom when we're on the phone, he still doesn't get home until 1730 on average, and he is in his early 80's). We never took family vacations because he never took time off, so needless to say he never ventured into the spice trade, professionally. There are a few restaurants where the exec. chef uses it, as they learned about it, tried it and asked if they could buy some. Dad just gives them as much as they want/need for free. I digress - So, standard size crawfish (seafood) boiling pot, get water to heavy rolling boil, add 1 lb. of butter flavored Crisco, 8 oz. of Zatarain's liquid concentrate shrimp and crab boil seasoning. Then I start my potatoes, at the right time add my corn (and my lil' pièce de résistance is that I also boil artichokes...a little something I picked up from a college buddy of mine years back when I was doing a boil for a friend's law school classmates while I was a bit younger and still doing my undergrad), then I add my crawfish which I've purged in saltwater several times until the water stays clear, when each batch is done I spread it out over a table with paper spread out and then throw on a liberal amount of my dad's seasoning salt, and keep cooking until I have enough to put in coolers to stay warm for more people showing up later and if lucky, still have enough to take home and take the tails off to freeze so I can make some étouffée, jambalaya, or thaw it out and fry some up for Po Boy's if I also have good oysters I can fry (But, I haven't had fried food since my mid twenties, so it's been about 20 years since I've eaten anything fried....but, I love to entertain).
On topic with the video, I really like the fusion of Cajun and Vietnamese food. I had a girlfriend in college who introduced me to Pho (and I could see the French influence as it was a stew of a bunch of stew, just without a roux for a base, no okra, and instead of rice their are noodles). I also saw the Bánh mì on the menu and saw that it was served on a Crusty French Bread loaf and had a lot more vegetables, but was influenced by the French colonial background of the Vietnamese cuisine. So, I've played around with some fusion dishes and I like to keep in shape and eat healthy so it allows me to have a bit of the guilty pleasure Cajun food I loved as a boy/young man, but is still healthy for my almost middle aged body to enjoy, digest well, and not interfere with my exercise routine, etc.
Next time I go to New Orleans, maybe I'll go to Carnival this year the week before Lundi Gras & Mardi Gras.
I tell my folks all the time, if you don’t go to New Orleans East and try the Viet food out there, you didn’t have the full NOLA experience.
Me and my GF are planning to vacation in new Orleans next year, what's NOLA?
sacul xela New Orleans, Louisiana. It’s an acronym.
@@ngray60 oh...
Don't forget the Westbank, baby!
NOLA=New Orleans Louisiana
This community is amazing, pulling themselves up after Hurricane Katrina with no help from the city or state. The city placed a hazardous waste dump right next to them and still they persevered. The mayor of NO at the time refused to go to the celebration of the hurricane recovery. These are the models for the immigrants the US needs and wants.
I find this really amazing because there are a lot of Vietnamese in Boston and they are always fishing here so it's really cool to see its very similar in New Orleans.
Thank you to the Vietnamese for the best food I ever tasted , A very special soup called "Pho" 10/10 : )
Ah! I am a proud product of French Creole and Vietnamese ancestry, love my city! #WhoDat
Whoa na!! My family is a mixture of Creole and Indian✌
@@tikilanichols8023 I LOVE our diversity in Louisiana. Love it!
Ahhh my city! We eat there all the time! I can’t believe you made a video about them!
Can’t wait to try these places when I go back home!
Houston has an amazing Vietnamese population and culture. We love our Viet-Cajuns down here!
I love me some good food but 0:43 had my eyes off the food 👀
The girl in the back has a nice shirt
Barely anything there bro
Love French Vietnamese food ever since I first tried it when I was 25. Back around the early 90's
Ever since I got gout no 🦐 no crawfish.
Not only viet Cajun but Vietnamese cuisine in general is top notch. I look forward to traveling back to Vietnam just to eat.
New Orleans got all the good seasoned food mostly anywhere
& thick and fat beautiful sistas
That opening scene made my mouth water! 😄
Congrats on you success! I’m a Nola naive living in Texas but when I come home for a visit I’d love to try your place out. Blessings! 😇
4:40 my man you got my respect right there! Food is life!
Ugly Delicious on Netflix did a more detailled show about vietnamo-cajun cuisine 🍲
I wish you'd come to Vietnam and introduce this "something different here". Love fusion food.
This is what Legal American Immigration Looks Like! Hardworking, contributing, loving, family oriented and integrating....
You would be right if the US hadn't done untold damage to Vietnam in a war the US lost. This is what descendants of refugees look like.
@@KabobHope
That's not what they say! How many of the South Vietnamese do you know? Zero right? Go watch Rightside Broadcasting's latest video. Proud to be American and voting Trump!
@@KabobHope You didn't hear what the guy said at the beginning. The reason they left Vietnam was to escape the new government aka Communist government. Vietnamese refugees are like Cuban refugees, they left their counties for political reason, they are anti_communist. They left Vietmam because the U.S pulled out of the war.
Uuummm.... two of my favorite cuisines mashed together? Where has this been? In moving to lousiana.
Can we have a longer episode on this??
we have a cajun vietnamese place near where i live and its soooooo good
Compare Muslim refugees to Vietnamese refugees. Such a big difference, this Vietnamese American have so much dignity, they work and don't colide with the local culture, they actually mix. Great video.
*I miss living in Vietnam and now I’m living in America “FUN!”* Miss you grandma
Loved it! Love my hometown
A restaurant like this just opened up in my town like 2 months ago
Just put Bahn Mi Boys on the MUST list! Looks so amazing!
Viet Cajun crawfish was actually created in Houston a while back (since 2002....see Cajun Corner). The Viets in NOLA were hesitant to mess with regular Cajun crawfish recipe, and have only recently been doing the Viet Cajun. Watch the Ugly Delicious episode on Netflix.
Gonna try this when I go to Houston!
There's an asian cajun place in denver and its incredible. They go so well together
MrSubsound90 Name??
@@leighafrench funny enough, its literally Asian Cajun on Alameda
MrSubsound90 Thanks!!
I love Asian cultures. Many are very old, rich in history. And I love Chinese food, in all of it's various forms! Yummm
the first song is look at the stars by luke richards in case you guys were looking for it
Yay 🙌🙌 Let's Make a Fine Good Quality Rice!!! I Need Vietnam Seafood & Steam Rice Right Now!!! 🙆🙆🙆
That bánhmì look more better than the regular one here in Saigon.
Omg I love big ez it's so nice to see them here!
I miss the food from home. So special
I’m from Maryland and there is like 3 places near me that are Vietnamese Cajun and they’re all so fucking great
I eat at this place a lot and it's heavenly
Wow great content love it
Wtf i need tht po boy!!
Banh Mi Boys are LEGIT. Besides their amazing sammiches, their BoNe Fries are insane...
💯I like the grilled shrimp & rice they got to.
its so cool to hear my accent on a youtube channel that covers all over the world
Immigrants like this, going to America, that create jobs by building businesses and providing "urban farming" to drive sustainable living; adds so much value to the economy. Everyone in this community should be so proud.
When and where is this farmers market held in New Orleans ?
Nicely done! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Where are the Vietnamese people here in Florida?!?!?! I miss my Bho Ko, Bahn mi, bun reiu, grilled pork chop, HELP! Lol
Find urself a viet family in a supermarket and ask them to invite u to dinner
Kanye East I’m on it
Amazing video!
My family is from Acadiana parish in Louisiana. VERY Cajun. These people are, in their outlook, attitude, and spirit, are Cajun as FUCK. This is making me homesick.
omg we have a location in toronto! i didn’t know there was a whole story behind the restaurant
Whats the intro song??
In Australia the Vietnamese food rocks, they know how to do it.
I'm from NOLA and I can vouch for big ez seafood being the best place to get crawfish
This is awesome 😁👍 cultural diversity at its best...blessed are those hands
Who give us Great food
Such a beautiful people and such a rich addition to the culture of NO.
No shout out for Westminster/Garden Grove?
R L Riiiiiiiight?!?!?! Ugh I miss home! Little Saigon...
Man this comment section is wild. Sw Louisiana has the best food...NO is good with certain goods, but real Cajun food is west of the Mississippi. We dont put tomatoes in our gumbo.
Ps...those crawfish dont care if you 'show fear'. They gonna getcha if you let em.
I live in Nola and I've never seen someone put tomatoes in their gumbo.
@@solaris9472 ive seen folks put a pinch of tomato paste in with their trinity veggies but thats about it
i thought the thumbnail is filthy frank loll
When I was in New Orleans I ordered a dozen blue crabs. You could starve while picking the tiny slivers of crabmeat out of just one of them. Probably the locals have it down to a science, I grew up in New York state. This video makes me hungry for some Cajun food!
Wow.. Right On.
Love it
Very positive content in a time of such negativity. Well done
I need to eat this now!!!
I love the video 😍
We were just on vacation in New Orleans. We drove out to two Vietnamese restaurants while we were there to eat. Both were superior!!!!!! Pho Bang and Ba Mien!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if any of these restaurants have gumpho on the menu?
Gawd damn, that's something I'd love to try.
@@bobbiusshadow6985 sounds like the perfect mashup, right?
Looks like I've got to get back to New Orleans.
I want some
Although nola is known for its vietnamese culture outside the city, all the locals have favorite vietnamese restaurants
Just had some Bahn Mi from Bahn Mi Boys, definitely the best one I had.